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CLIMSO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT                                
1253 AM MST SUN JAN 9 2005

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...THE MISSOULA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         28    534 PM  53    1902  30     -2       21       
  MINIMUM         11   1133 PM -22    1937  15     -4        4       
  AVERAGE         20                        23     -3       13      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.56 1906   0.04   0.01     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.32  -0.19     0.37    
  SINCE OCT 1      1.43                      3.26  -1.83     3.27    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.13                      0.32  -0.19     0.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    3.1                                               
  SINCE JAN 1      3.1                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     13.2                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       6                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        42      3       52       
  MONTH TO DATE  425                       343     82      464       
  SINCE DEC 1   1511                      1630   -119     1652       
  SINCE JUL 1   3461                      3645   -184     3514       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     60           300 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE MISSOULA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   30        59      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -16      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  9 2005.......SUNRISE   820 AM MST   SUNSET   507 PM MST   
JANUARY 10 2005.......SUNRISE   820 AM MST   SUNSET   509 PM MST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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